Paleo Diet Alcoholic Beverages
What is the Paleo beverage of choice for the Super Bowl? Well, beer is not paleo, and gluten-free beer is not paleo. According to CrossFit Portland’s Paleo Challenge, these are the alcoholic beverages that are ok to consume:
1) Red or White Wine
2) Nor Cal Margarita 1-2 shots of tequila, squeeze of lime, salt on the glass, soda water.
3) Vodka with a squeeze of orange and soda water
4) Gin with soda water
5) any non-sugar beverage you can create
6) No Tonic Water! Soda water is ok.
With alcoholic beverages, its your choice as to what level of paleo commitment you want to have. For me, alcohol in moderation and on special occasions is ok. My philosophy is that its ok to occasionally indulge in those things that make life fun and worth living. Even though he had no beer, Paleo man sought happiness, too!
On my new page: http://paleodiet.com/definition.htm
I include a paragraph on alcohol. This is what I wrote:
The inclusion of alcohol in the paleo diet is controversial. Our ancestors would have come upon and eaten fermented fruit. Even male butterflies get drunk on fermented fruit. Some have issues with the yeast. In Wild Fermentation (p. 127 in Amazon.com’s Look Inside) there is a recipe for spontaneous cider that requires no added sugar or yeast. Now the resulting product does not last long, but it would be paleo! No published paleo diet includes alcohol. But if you are going to drink it, pick one from fermented fruit and water it down.
Interesting stuff! Thanks.
Nice. Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed reading your post.
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Yes, I definitely agree with you, Red and white wine is something that I would recommend as a very healthy drinks as well, even recommended by many with a health benefit drinks.
Red wine is actually good for the heart, so I think, having a glass of red wine everyday is as good as taking and including fruits on your diet, not only with Paleo but to any diet that concerns weight loss and healthy heart.